Aprons, Flags, Elephant, Trucks, Minnie and Art

 If you are on FB

you prob have seen this before,

I see it once or twice a year. 

But with that said, I love it. 

The History of 'APRONS'

I don't think most kids today know what an apron is. The principle use of Mom's or Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath because she only had a few. It was also because it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and aprons used less material. But along with that, it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven.

It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears.

From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven.

When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids..

And when the weather was cold, she wrapped it around her arms.

Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove.

Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron.

From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls.

In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees.

When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds.

When dinner was ready, she walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men folk knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner.

It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that 'old-time apron' that served so many purposes.

Send this to those who would know (and love) the story about aprons.

REMEMBER:

Mom's and Grandma's used to set hot baked apple pies on the window sill to cool. Her granddaughters set theirs on the window sill to thaw.

They would go crazy now trying to figure out how many germs were on that apron.

I don't think I ever caught anything from an apron - but love.

Do you wear an apron when in the

kitchen. I need too wear one as messy

as I am but, I don't always do it.

I do however own a couple.

Monday, I finished up the second round

of meds and although I knew things

were still not right, I felt better enough

to want to get out of the house.

I grabbed the camera and started out to

Holenwald TN. About an hour

from the house.

I have been to Holenwald once,

I was about 17, dating my boyfriend,

Larry and we rode down to visit his moms

side of the family.

Holenwald, bigger than Nunnelly,

but still not big.

I always called it Hole in the wall.

Anyway, on the way there, you drive

through Centerville.

Been there several times, maybe

30 mins down the road.

Another not so big place!! lol

All these places are RURAL.

Those whom have never heard of

Centerville TN, it is where or beloved

Sarah Cannon was from.

WHO you say?

Sarah Cannon AKA Minnie Pearl.

If you don't know that name, look it up.

But anyway, my ride took place on Monday,

Memorial Day.

Centerville had the flags of the fallen up

at the park.

I stopped of course.

I knew that there would be nothing

open on Memorial Day but I just

had to get out and it was a pretty day.

Holenwald houses the one and only

Elephant Santuary in TN.

I saw this and had to photograph it.

A rubber tire

elephant.

Talk about recycling....great job.

In rural TN folks cars and trucks

stop working, they just push them

into a field, into the river...etc.

Really did not see a lot of interesting

things to photograph.

Oh my way back I stopped in Centerville

to take a few pics.

This is Minnie Pearl.

I stopped on the square to visit with her,

I loved this shot with the bird

on the bench with her.

Thought I would ride around the old

town and check out houses.

Love the fence.

These folks also painted the

garage doors, or at least

they applied their humor to it.

Looks like something I would do!

Pam